Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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Program started to accommodate COLLEGE OUTREACH Eleven years ago a program was initiated called Outreach. The purpose of the program was to make college courses available to surrounding com- munities. Eight counties were selected and the largest town in each was the designated location for the classes. The towns included Dighton, Healy, Scott City, Leoti, Tribune, Syracuse, Lakin and Deerfield. A coor- dinator was named for each county. One of their jobs was to listen to the community in order to determine what courses should be offered. They then reported to the col- lege which classes were in highest demand. The coordinators also did all of the enrollment, grade sheets, paperwork, and were responsible for turning them in to the college. In between all of the decisions and paper- work they were also required to evaluate the instructors. All together-Students of Dennis Elam's Defensive Tactics class prac- tice a Kata. Outreach opportunity-Clarice Kohlhorst takes advantage of Jim Talley's computer class in Syracuse. Gene Schneider, Dean of Community Services, was in charge of Outreach. According to Schneider, The coor- dinators were in tune with the community and encouraged participation in the program. The typical student varied from town to town. High school students were allowed to participate if they had com- pleted 15 units towards graduation. Some high school counselors encouraged students not to attend for fear of them missing out on the high school atmosphere,' Schneider said. 1 Many students were adults who either graduated or had recieved their GED. Older students were adults who were anxious to return to school. At first it was hard for them to adjust because they had a more mature attitude than the younger students, but they caught on easy and found that returning to school was more than they had an- ticipated, Schneider said. Most adults took the courses with a particular goal in mind, to help their job economically or to gain or perfect certain skills, he said. The most widely chosen classes were computer related. With technology advancing at such a pace, everybody wants computer literacy Schneider said. This knowledge of computers may help them keep or advance in their jobs. In Leoti, the employees of the courthouse enrolled in a class to help them learn a new computer system that was be- ing put into use, Schneider said. Tuition for courses offered was S16 per credit hour, mak- ing it no different than courses taught on campus. Academics!Outreach 1 O 1

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9th annual The 9th Annual Endow- ment Association Scholarship Auction netted over 538,949 for academic scholarships. The auction featured a Mar- di Gras theme complete with live jazz entertainment, jumbo gulf shrimp, clowns and costumes. Over 200 items were donated by local businesses and individuals for the even- ing festivites. The site of the auction was the 3i building on the Finney County Fairgrounds. A trip to the races, a Silver Bullet basketball with Bobby Knight's autograph, a used car, a tailgate party, homemade bread for a year, and jewelry were just a few of the items donated. I was thrilled by the sup- port and generosity of the community for their effort and help in getting this all together, Endowment Direc- tor Sheryl Handy said. The help of the students and alumni was absolutely outstanding. I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to work with on this, she said. According to Handy, the auction seemed to have something for everyone. The selection has been big- ger and better every year. Auction Endowment G E I , I RDI GRAS This year we had a wide varie- ty and a lot of unique items because that seems to appeal to people, Handy said. The most unique item donated was a set of Denver Bronco tickets. They are uni- que because they are not readi- ly available due to the fact that they are always sold out years in advance, she said. Donated by Denver physi- cian and GCCC alumnus Paul Taylor, the tickets were com- bined with hotel rooms. High bidder was Mary Beth Williams of Garden City at 51,525. Two drawings were held during the evening. GCCC Business Manager john Dickerson won a 550 gold American Eagle coin valued at 5500. The coin was donated by Western State Bank. Curt Harman, Garden City, was the winner of 5500 in cash donated by Landmark Federal Savings Association. Coors of the Southwest and Coca-Cola Bottling Co. donated beverages for the event. We had a crowd of over 750 people and we served 200 lbs. of shrimp, 25 dozen jumbo pretzels, 17 kegs of 'beer and an uncountable amount of soft drinks, Handy said. The crowd gets bigger 102 Endowment AuctionlAcademics every year and the auction is becoming a successful social event for the community, she said. In 1986 the Endowment Association awarded more than 577,000 in academic scholarships to 262 students. Fifty-six students received 56,100 in loan funds on a short term, emergency basis. All loans were repaid by the end of the year. In the past eight years, En- dowment Association funds have provided more than 5367,000 to assist over 1,500 students. The Auction itself has raised a total of 5155,519. Thanks to the support and the generosity of all who have helped, the assets of the En- dowment Association have grown from 540,000 eight years ago to over 5522,000 in 1986, Handy said. Clowing around-Dorm supervisor Kat Dungan and Dean of Student Ser- vices Beth Tedrow receive trinkets from Kathi Tibbets. -bag? , I 1...